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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George St pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amin Sax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sax has chosen Infected Mushroom - Smashing The Opponent as his entrance music. Amin Sax has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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194 lbs
25 - 22 - 0 |
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190 lbs
24 - 35 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George St pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 35 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Amin Sax!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St pierre lands an overhand right.
Sax drops his hands momentarily and St pierre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sax misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
St pierre stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
St pierre connects with a crisp jab.
St pierre feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Saxs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
St pierre thuds his right hand into Sax's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
St pierre closes the distance and lands a one-two.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St pierre misses with a few strikes there.
Sax throws a counter combo.
St pierre comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
St pierre looks to land a combination but Sax avoids it well.
Sax takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
St pierre jabs Sax to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St pierre lands with a shot to the body.
Sax throws a head kick that misses.
It looks like St pierre has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Sax has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from St pierre finds it's way round the side to connect with Sax's head.
Sax dodges the punch combination from St pierre.
Sax looks for a takedown but St pierre sprawls well.
Sax throws a sloppy head kick
and St pierre counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
St pierre lands a nice hook to Sax's body. Sax takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
St pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sax moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St pierre cracks Sax with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
St pierre scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
St pierre scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St pierre misses with a left hand
and Sax counters with a left and a right that stings St pierre.
St pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sax walks into a left hand.
St pierre is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
St pierre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
St pierre lands with a nice combination. Sax backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St pierre displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
St pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sax moves away.
St pierre misses with a double jab.
Despite the aggression on Sax's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sax on the wrong end of a nice hook.
St pierre scores with a body shot.
Sax gets cracked with a nice right hand there by St pierre.
St pierre misses with a straight left.
St pierre misses with a straight right.
St pierre misses with a two punch combination.
St pierre misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St pierre fails to land with a series of punches.
Sax is looking for the big counter here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
St pierre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sax moves away.
Sax is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Sax pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
St pierre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
St pierre scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sax takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
St pierre lands the left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sax slips under a jab from St pierre.
St pierre is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sax tries a head kick but it misses.
Sax throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George St pierre dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
St pierre lands a really nice looking cross but Sax seems unphased.
St pierre misses with an uppercut.
Sax uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St pierre.
St pierre lands a jab.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Sax might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, St pierre has got the better of the exchanges.
Sax takes one on the button.
Sax misses with a combination
and St pierre counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St pierre connects with a body shot that sends Sax's belly button to the back.
St pierre is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
George St pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St pierre cracks a nice hook into Sax's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St pierre connects with a right hand. Sax shakes it off.
Left hook, right uppercut from St pierre.
St pierre throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sax.
St pierre throws a hook to the side of Sax's head but Sax sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
St pierre lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sax at a distance.
St pierre lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
St pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sax throws a counter combo.
St pierre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by St pierre!
Sax is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St pierre pounces like a tiger and cracks Sax with a vicious hook! Sax is down but not out! St pierre follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). George St pierre!
A victorious George St pierre thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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